The BEST episodes of Blue's Clues

Every episode of Blue's Clues ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Blue's Clues!

Blue's Clues is a colorful and learning series that is targeted at the younger crowd, but can be enjoyed by all. The host, Steve Burns, invites viewers daily into the Blue's Clues house to help him out, learn and have fun. The show is based around the host looking for three clues that Blue provides by labelling them with a pawprint to figure something out and in the process, having an adventure.

Last Updated: 1/2/2024Network: Nick Jr.Status: Ended
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I Did That!
star
12.25
4 votes

#1 - I Did That!

Season 5 - Episode 33 - Aired 9/24/2003

This episode is all about actions and consequences. By singing ""I did that,"" or ""you did that,"" we learn that by doing certain things, we can cause things to happen or make people feel a certain way. For example, Tickety makes Pail mad when she knocks over his block tower and we find a way to help her out. We also visit Blue's school, where we explore sharing and taking turns.

Directors: Bruce Caines
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Look Carefully...
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12.25
4 votes

#2 - Look Carefully...

Season 5 - Episode 32 - Aired 9/23/2003

This episode is all about observing things carefully to learn more about them. For example, we look carefully at a duck to figure out what it's doing. We play a game called Mystery Box with Shovel, Pail and Gopher. Later, we end up in a parody of a game show where observing things carefully could earn us big prizes... or not.

Directors: Alan Zdinak
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Steve Goes To College
star
10.12
8 votes

#3 - Steve Goes To College

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/29/2002

Steve reveals to everyone in the house that he's going to be going to college and that Joe is going to stay and play with them while he's away. He skidoos to show everyone what college is like and meanwhile, Joe and the entire gang set up a surprise goodbye party for Steve.

Directors: Koyalee Chanda
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Something To Do Blue
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9.86
7 votes

#4 - Something To Do Blue

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/1/2006

Blue figures out something to do today.

Directors: Bruce Caines
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Morning Music
star
9.80
5 votes

#5 - Morning Music

Season 5 - Episode 34 - Aired 9/29/2003

Coming into the Blue's Clues house, it's very early in the morning and so we follow the cahracters and learn about morning routines through song. We help Joe in figuring out what to do in the bathroom in the morning. We also help him with getting dressed. Later, a character called Shoehorn helps out with putting on his shoes. We also skiddoo into a shoe catalog for more work with shoe-tying.

Directors: Elizabeth Holder
Writer: Jeff Borkin
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Joe Gets a Clue
star
9.57
7 votes

#6 - Joe Gets a Clue

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/29/2002

The episode starts out with Steve looking for Joe. Blue has something she wants to give to Joe, but first Steve and Blue have to find him. Steve and Joe end up in a back and forth hide-and-seek game, with both of them looking for each other inside and outside, until finally they meet up outside. This episode is all about Joe playing his first game of Blue's Clues, in which he tries to find out what it is that Blue wants to give him. He also gets to do his very first skidoo, into a picture of colored shapes, where, he Joe and Blue play another hide-and-seek game, but this time using distance comparisons to find the shape where someone is hiding.

Directors: Koyalee Chanda
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Blue is Frustrated
star
9.33
42 votes

#7 - Blue is Frustrated

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1999

Frusturation - it happens to everyone, even characters on Blue's Clues. Fortunately, there's a way to deal with it, if you feel frustrated, the best thing to do is: stop, take a deep breath and think. Steve uses this idea when he has trouble keeping the picture by the Thinking Chair straight. This idea helps out Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper as well and later in the blue Skidoo segment we help out Rabbit who's frustrated about trying to balance things on a teeter-totter.

Directors: Todd Kessler
Writer: Todd Kessler
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Shape Searchers
star
9.29
7 votes

#8 - Shape Searchers

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/23/2002

Blue has created a fun game called Shape Searchers. She pulls out a shape from a bag of hers and we try to find it. In this episode, we search for shapes in all sorts of places, pointing them out as we see them. We also have a Blue Skidoo segment filled with shapes. We meet some shapes and show them how they can combine with other shapes to make various things.

Directors: Bruce Caines
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Blue's Big Band
star
9.00
6 votes

#9 - Blue's Big Band

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/17/2003

Blue has created ""Blue's Big Band"" and many of the characters, including Joe and ourselves will be playing instruments in the band. We practice with Tickety and later listen to some music that Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper and family are creating simply by using an old washboard. We follow along to some of Periwinkle's beats as he plays on the drums. Later, we skiddoo and meet Piano, who guides us through a musical story about a group of piggies.

Directors: Bruce Caines
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Blue's Big Musical Movie
star
8.89
9 votes

#10 - Blue's Big Musical Movie

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/13/2002

Blue and the gang decide to put on a musical show in the back yard.

Directors: Todd Kessler
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Joe's First Day
star
8.88
8 votes

#11 - Joe's First Day

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/2002

At the top of the episode, Steve is playing show-and-tell. He's trying to figure out what he should show. He thinks maybe his stuffed toy, Horace the Anteater would be a good idea, or maybe his guitar. He gets a phone call and it turns out that it's from his brother, Joe. He's going to be coming over and is going to play show-and-tell with everyone. Throughout the episode, Steve plays show-and-tell with the various characters. He also spends time working on a picture to show to Joe and asks for the audiences' help. Finally, Steve has the viewers watch for Joe. He finally shows up and he and everyone else share their show-and-tell items together.

Directors: Bruce Caines
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Café Blue
star
8.87
8 votes

#12 - Café Blue

Season 3 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/2/2001

Steve and Blue have set up a restaurant called ""Cafe Blue."" They've got fancy tables and menus, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper as chefs and they can't wait to begin serving food. We help them out with this as they find that it isn't as easy they thought when they're missing some of the things they need for the meal. By working together and using math, logic and observational skills, we help them to prepare meals for Shovel, Pail, Tickety and Periwinkle.

Directors: Alan Zdinak
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Blue's Big Mystery
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8.78
40 votes

#13 - Blue's Big Mystery

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/25/2000

There's somebody building a fort in the backyard of the Blue's Clues house, but we have no idea who it is. In this episode, we put on our detective caps and logical-thinking skills. There's a mystery to be solved. Come along as we investigate, with a little help from Mr. Salt and all of our friends.

Directors: Koyalee Chanda
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Bedtime Business
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8.75
8 votes

#14 - Bedtime Business

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/16/2002

We've come to the Blue's Clues house at night and so we help Joe and Blue with their bedtime routine - their bedtime business! We watch as Joe tucks in his duck Boris and then learn about important pre-sleepytime activities. The characters have small clothing crisis, but with our help in identifying clothing through features such as spots and stripes, the problem is solved. We also help out with washing up, reading a story and more.

Directors: Bruce Caines
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The Baby's Here!
star
8.50
8 votes

#15 - The Baby's Here!

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/2001

We've been waiting and the moment everyone's been looking forward to has finally come: Mrs. Pepper is ready to have her new baby. While she's at the hospital and we wait for Mr. Salt's phone call, we do things like look at baby albums to pass the time. Later, we visit the baby hospital with Blue, Steve and Paprika and meet the new baby. Finally, the baby comes home and we give it a special welcome home.

Directors: Lucy Walker
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Magenta's Messages
star
8.50
6 votes

#16 - Magenta's Messages

Season 5 - Episode 29 - Aired 9/18/2003

Magenta is taking a trip to the beach and she asks us to look after her house. Fortunately, we're not without help, she's left us a number of written and picture messages to tell us what to do. We help out with things such as feeding her fish and taking out her recycling. We get to find out what more of the inside of her house looks like and even have fun solving the game of Blue's Clues outside.

Directors: Alan Zdinak
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100th Episode Celebration!
star
8.38
13 votes

#17 - 100th Episode Celebration!

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/10/2002

It's the 100th Blue's Clues Day and everyone in the house has put together a celebration. It's hosted by Mr. Salt and there's a special guest too: Steve, all the way from college. In addition to some singing and finding out some of the favorite Blue's Clues moments from various real kids, we also take a look back at memorable moments from past episodes through a number of montages: Places We've Been Laughs We've Had Things We've Learned Clues We've Found Songs We've Sung We also get a sneak peek at what's coming up in future episodes of the program.

Directors: Koyalee Chanda
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Blue's First Holiday
star
8.33
3 votes

#18 - Blue's First Holiday

Season 5 - Episode 36 - Aired 12/12/2003

When Joe and the characters and of the Blue's Clues house gather for the holidays, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper show us a special present - two videos showing everyone when they were young. We take a look back and see Baby Joe and Young Steve as well as younger versions of many of the characters. Find out about how Steve first got Blue. See the very first time that Steve and Blue ever played ""Blue's Clues."" Also featuring a special phone call by Steve.

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Soccer Practice
star
8.29
14 votes

#19 - Soccer Practice

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/26/2004

In this episode, the characters and us have a soccer practice and play Blue's Clues in a unique way. Joe is the coach and provides practical soccer tips about things such as how to avoid bumping into each other and not giving up. We also learn the importance of stretching and of sharing with our teammates. In ""Blue's Room,"" we talk about soccer and have some fun playing a game with Doodle Board.

Directors: Jonathan Judge
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Playdates
star
8.27
15 votes

#20 - Playdates

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/22/2004

This episode features ""playdates,"" special time playing with some of the characters in the Blue's Clues house. We blow on the ""Wheel of Playdates,"" having fun Joe, Blue, Mailbox and Periwinkle (but not necessarily in that order!) In a special skidoo segment, Joe performs a musical number about our friendship with him. Later, viewers play pretend with Blue and her playroom friends in ""Blue's Room.""

Directors: Koyalee Chanda
Writer: Jeff Borkin
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Blue's Big Costume Party
star
8.25
8 votes

#21 - Blue's Big Costume Party

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/16/2000

Today is Blue's Big Costume Party. Everyone is dressed up in all sorts of interesting costumes, but who is dressed up as what? We use our observation skills to figure it out. We also skiddoo into a haunted house and search for the mysterious Oogulah Boogulah. Later, everybody does the costume limbo, finding out just how low they go while dressed up in their costumes.

Directors: Lucy Walker
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The Lost Episode!
star
8.00
14 votes

#22 - The Lost Episode!

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/26/1998

In this episode, the characters are dealing with trying to find things that they've lost. Sometimes it's not easy, but they have a little handy saying in the form of a song to help them, when you lose something --- ""go back, go back, go back to where you were!"" This helps out Steve to find something that he lost and later we help out Shovel and Pail and a kid named Felix after he loses some things when we help to walk him to school.

Directors: Daniel Silverman
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What's So Funny?
star
7.83
12 votes

#23 - What's So Funny?

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/9/2000

Silliness have overtaken the Blue's Clues house and Steve is more than happy to participate, by doing funny stuff such as putting a shoe on his ear and his head and trying to make Blue laugh. Side Table Drawer joins in by first giving Steve a potato when he goes to get his notebook. We come across Shovel and Pail, who find that Gopher's popping up all over the backyard, although they're not sure exactly where he's going to show up next. We figure out that he pops up in predictable patterns. Later, we skiddoo into Silly Town. Silly Town's a strange, mixed-up place. Looking around, we find everything from a banana being used as a hammer to a backwards park.

Directors: Koyalee Chanda
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Let's Boogie
star
7.83
6 votes

#24 - Let's Boogie

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/28/2002

In this episode, we explore all sorts of dances. We learn that all sorts of movements can qualify as a dance. In the Blue Skidoo segment, we find out that a person who works to create dances is called a choreographer. We help Steve and Blue to aid the choreographer in performing a new dance of his.

Directors: Koyalee Chanda
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Numbers Everywhere!
star
7.83
6 votes

#25 - Numbers Everywhere!

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/2003

In this episode, we explore numbers, counting and basic arithmetic. We help out to find missing numbers by using counting to figure out where they're hiding. We also skiddoo into a book filled with numbers. There, we help out a couple of different numbers to tell a story and learn addition and subtraction in the process.

Directors: Jonathan Judge
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